The distinction between esoteric and exoteric readings of Plato will be revisited in this article with respect to two esoteric approaches: the German Tübingen School and the American Straussians (i.e., those interpreters who have been inspired by the work of Leo Strauss). There appears to be a joint motivation for these two approaches, namely, the critique of writing in the dialogue Phaedrus an...

PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars is an ESA M-class satellite planned for launch by the end 2026 dedicated to wide-field search transiting planets around bright nearby stars, with a strong focus on discovering habitable rocky hosted solar-like stars. The choice fields be pointed at crucial task since it has direct impact scientific return mission. In this paper, we describe discuss f...

Abstract This paper argues that at First Principles 2.3.6 Origen is responding to Gnostics who used a particular reading of Plato’s myths about the afterlife justify their own belief elect will go after death into an incorporeal state. It examines (1) use terms idea and phantasia in commentary on Phaedo; (2) evidence for Origen’s knowledge such commentary; (3) which allegedly shows himself beli...

though plato and sohravardi appearantly have the same view on the essence of human soul and the way in which it belongs to body, there are fundam ental differences in their point of view and their style as well. this paper deals with soul which is believed by both philosophers to be the origin of the human’s soul at first and, then, expresses their idea and reasonings about the occurance and an...